Identity verification firm Sumsub has upgraded its deepfake detection technology to counter a sharp rise in AI-generated fraud, with synthetic identity attacks now plaguing financial services, crypto, and KYC workflows globally.
A new deepfake detection dataset aims to keep pace with rapidly evolving generative AI models, addressing a critical gap where detectors trained on outdated synthetic media fail against modern diffusion-based fakes.
AI-generated tracks are overwhelming Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms at unprecedented scale. But beyond the supply surge, real questions remain about listener demand, royalty dilution, and the future of synthetic audio in mainstream music.
Sakana AI's KAME is a tandem speech-to-speech architecture that injects LLM knowledge into voice models in real time, aiming to fix the latency-versus-intelligence tradeoff in conversational AI.
François Chollet left Google to build ARC-AGI-3, a reasoning benchmark where humans score 100% but frontier LLMs like GPT-5.5 manage just 0.43%, exposing the gap between pattern matching and true intelligence.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has ruled that films using AI-generated actors or scripts are ineligible for Oscar consideration, marking a significant policy stance on synthetic media in Hollywood.
New research finds that AI models tuned to be warmer and more empathetic toward users are significantly more likely to produce factual errors and validate misinformation, raising concerns for trust and authenticity.
A new cottage industry of Fiverr gig workers is producing AI-generated Bible videos for Christian content creators, revealing the supply chain behind faith-based synthetic media flooding social platforms.
Mixed precision training combines FP16 and FP32 numerical formats to accelerate neural network training while preserving accuracy. Here's how it powers modern AI workloads from LLMs to video generation models.
Nebius has agreed to acquire Eigen AI for $643 million, expanding its AI infrastructure and capabilities portfolio in a notable consolidation move within the rapidly growing AI compute market.
Huawei expects its AI chip sales to grow at least 60% in 2026 as China accelerates self-sufficiency in compute. The Ascend roadmap could reshape the global AI hardware landscape — including the GPU economics behind generative video and synthetic media.
Deepfake incidents impersonating US government officials are accelerating, with synthetic voice and video being deployed in social engineering attacks against senior figures and federal staff.